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US 6,888,697 B1Granted
Disk drive having a disk plate body attached to a fixed spindle shaft of a spindle motor
AssigneeWestern Digital Technologies, Inc.
InventorKamran Oveyssi
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Abstract
A disk drive includes an enclosure including a disk drive base and a disk drive cover, a disk for storing data, a spindle motor attached to the disk drive base, the spindle motor for rotating the disk and including a fixed spindle shaft defining a longitudinal axis, and a disk plate attached to the disk drive base. The disk plate includes a plate body extending radially above the disk and spaced-apart longitudinally from the disk. The plate body is attached to the fixed spindle shaft.
Claims2
A disk drive comprising:
- an enclosure including a disk drive base and a disk drive cover, disk for storing data;
- a spindle motor attached to the disk drive base, the spindle motor for rotating the disk and including a fixed spindle shaft defining a longitudinal axis;
- a disk plate attached to the disk drive base;
- the disk plate including a plate body extending radially above the disk and spaced-apart longitudinally from the disk, the plate body attached to the fixed spindle shaft, wherein the plate body includes an inner body portion and a generally C-shaped outer body portion, the inner body portion being spaced-apart longitudinally at a distance greater from the disk than the outer body portion.
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